SP4
Robert
Gene
Galbreath
Born in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Ancestors 
Son of
[private father (1920s - unknown)]
and Winifred May (Rice) Galbreath
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 19
in Vietnam
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Dec 2018
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Biography
Robert Gene Galbreath was born on March 25, 1952, the son of Floyd & Winifred Galbreath.
His hometown was Winchester, New Hampshire, USA.
Robert joined the United States Army, serving with 1st Aviation Brigade, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry, A Troop during the Vietnam War as a Specialist Four. He began his tour on June 28, 1971.
SP4 Robert Galbreath was Killed in Action during the Vietnam War.
SP4 Robert Galbreath served in the United States Army in the Vietnam War
Service started:
Unit(s): C TRP, 7TH SQDN, 17TH CAVALRY, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
Service ended:
Service started:
Unit(s): C TRP, 7TH SQDN, 17TH CAVALRY, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
Service ended:
SP4 Gilbreath was killed in action on February 25, 1972 in Nihn Thuan, Vietnam.
Robert is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Wall of Faces, Panel 2W, Line 110.
Burial
Evergreen Cemetery, Winchester, New Hampshire, United States
Newspaper Article
N.H. MAN KILLED Winchester, N.H. (AP) - Army Spec 4 Robert Galbreath, 19, of Winchester has been reported killed in action in Vietnam. The Defense Department, in a message to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd, Galbreath, said he was killed in a helicopter crash Friday. Galbreath is the first serviceman from Winchester to die in the war and the state's first 1972 fatality in the Indonesia conflict. New Hampshire has lost 238 men in the war.
[published Thurs., March 2, 1972, The Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald, avail on ancestry.com]
Inscription
N.H. SP4 TRP C 7 SQ 17 CAV VIETNAM AM 3 OLC
Sources
See also: [[1]]
[[2]]
[[3]]
United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003
United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981
United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998
United States Social Security Death Index
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Categories: Winchester, New Hampshire | Air Medal | Evergreen Cemetery, Winchester, New Hampshire | National Vietnam Veterans Memorial | National Defense Service Medal | Vietnam Service Medal | Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal | Killed in Action, United States of America, Vietnam War | 17th Cavalry Regiment, United States Army, Vietnam War